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When first we saw the Egyptian god Hapy (pronounced “hoppy”), he was flat on his back in the second-floor rotunda at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. His crown and his hands were sheathed in blankets and plastic. Roughly an hour and a half later, he was upright, majestic, large and in charge, daylight washing down him from the

In the new Board to Death, we met up with guitarist, bandleader, and composer Nels Cline (Wilco, the Nels Cline Quartet) to explore the stunning pallette of sounds at his feet (and hands), and we learned why you should never let anyone borrow your Arpanoid.
Nels has multiple pedalboards, but today we’re looking at “the big one,” which is actually two small pedalboards stacked neatly inside a Pelican case to save space, because this is New York City, folks. The hardcase also functions as a tabletop to keep Nels’ Electro-Harmonix 16-Second Digital Delay, Montreal Assembly Count To Five, and Korg Kaoss Pad within arms’ reach for easy tweaking.
On the floor, Nels’ signal chain begins with the Arpanoid arpeggiator which is used as an improvisational tool on his collaboration with prolific free-jazz and modern classical composer Anthony Braxton. During these sessions, the Arpaniod was used in a patch alongside the ZVex Fuzz Factory, Digitech Whammy I which is then reversed and time-stretched by the 16-Second Delay and Kaoss Pad.
Rounding out the rig is a mix of standard and spacey stompboxes: Boss CS-3, Boss FV-500, Seymour Duncan 805, Boss VB-2, Red Panda Context, Devi Ever Soda Meiser, Crazy Tube Circuits Vyagra Boost, custom JamPedal Waterfall with the “Nels Cline switch,” Electro-Harmonix Stereo Pulsar, Montreal Assembly Count To Five, and Boss DD-3.
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In the new Board to Death, we met up with guitarist, bandleader, and composer Nels Cline (Wilco, the Nels Cline Quartet) to explore the stunning pallette of sounds at his feet (and hands), and we learned why you should never let anyone borrow your Arpanoid.
Nels has multiple pedalboards, but today we’re looking at “the big one,” which is actually two small pedalboards stacked neatly inside a Pelican case to save space, because this is New York City, folks. The hardcase also functions as a tabletop to keep Nels’ Electro-Harmonix 16-Second Digital Delay, Montreal Assembly Count To Five, and Korg Kaoss Pad within arms’ reach for easy tweaking.
On the floor, Nels’ signal chain begins with the Arpanoid arpeggiator which is used as an improvisational tool on his collaboration with prolific free-jazz and modern classical composer Anthony Braxton. During these sessions, the Arpaniod was used in a patch alongside the ZVex Fuzz Factory, Digitech Whammy I which is then reversed and time-stretched by the 16-Second Delay and Kaoss Pad.
Rounding out the rig is a mix of standard and spacey stompboxes: Boss CS-3, Boss FV-500, Seymour Duncan 805, Boss VB-2, Red Panda Context, Devi Ever Soda Meiser, Crazy Tube Circuits Vyagra Boost, custom JamPedal Waterfall with the “Nels Cline switch,” Electro-Harmonix Stereo Pulsar, Montreal Assembly Count To Five, and Boss DD-3.
More info: https://eqd.rocks/NelsClineB2D
http://www.nelscline.com/
Visit our site: http://www.earthquakerdevices.com
Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EarthQuakerDevices
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter....

Rig Rundown - Wilco's Nels Cline

published:24 Jan 2012

Rig Rundown - Wilco's Nels Cline

Rig Rundown - Wilco's Nels Cline

published:24 Jan 2012

views:508542

http://www.premierguitar.com PG\'s Rebecca Dirks is On Location in West Des Moines, IA, where she catches up with Wilco lead guitarist Nels Cline who walks us through his entire rig including Fender Jazzmasters, Schroeder Amps, and an expansive pedalboard.
For more Rig Rundown videos or to watch one of Premier Guitar\'s other 1500 videos online, be sure to visit http://www.premierguitar.com/video...

Rig Rundown - Wilco's Nels Cline

published:24 Jan 2012

views:508542

http://www.premierguitar.com PG\'s Rebecca Dirks is On Location in West Des Moines, IA, where she catches up with Wilco lead guitarist Nels Cline who walks us through his entire rig including Fender Jazzmasters, Schroeder Amps, and an expansive pedalboard.
For more Rig Rundown videos or to watch one of Premier Guitar\'s other 1500 videos online, be sure to visit http://www.premierguitar.com/video...

Nels Cline’s Musical Life in Five Riffs

published:17 Jan 2018

Nels Cline’s Musical Life in Five Riffs

Nels Cline’s Musical Life in Five Riffs

published:17 Jan 2018

views:61156

Nels Cline follows two distinct tracks in his guitar playing, alternating the avant-jazz arc he explores solo along with the psychedelic-punk-freakout textures he brings to Wilco.
Here are the five riffs that changed his life, and inspired his own fearless fretting....

Nels Cline’s Musical Life in Five Riffs

published:17 Jan 2018

views:61156

Nels Cline follows two distinct tracks in his guitar playing, alternating the avant-jazz arc he explores solo along with the psychedelic-punk-freakout textures he brings to Wilco.
Here are the five riffs that changed his life, and inspired his own fearless fretting....

Nels Cline: Lovers (for Philadelphia) | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA

published:13 Sep 2018

Nels Cline: Lovers (for Philadelphia) | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA

Nels Cline: Lovers (for Philadelphia) | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA

published:13 Sep 2018

views:29972

Nels Cline has earned his place as a guitar hero for our times, with a track record stretching back four decades and a marquee gig with Wilco. But if you mainly associate him with squalls of feedback, you’re missing a big part of the picture.
Hear the radio episode: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/11/646736954/wilco-guitarist-nels-cline-reclaims-mood-music-in-the-city-of-brotherly-love
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by NATE CHINEN
Nels Cline has earned his place as a guitar hero for our times, with a track record stretching back four decades and a marquee gig with Wilco. But if you mainly associate him with squalls of feedback, you\'re missing a big part of the picture. \"The Avant Romantic\" is how Rolling Stone pegged him about a decade ago, in its list of Top 20 New Guitar Gods. And lately, Cline has been focusing his efforts, without pause or irony, on the romantic part of that equation.
Lovers, released on Blue Note in 2016, was Cline’s fond reclamation of \"mood music\" albums from midcentury, with his guitar in an earnest melodic role. It\'s a suave collaboration with trumpeter Michael Leonhart, who wrote the orchestrations for a handful of versatile players like cellist Erik Friedlander and bassoonist Sara Schoenbeck. As Cline put it at the time in a conversation with NPR\'s Fresh Air, Lovers was a project he\'d been dreaming about for more than 25 years.
Lovers (for Philadelphia) didn\'t require such a long gestation. Commissioned by the nonprofit Ars Nova Workshop, it was a sequel of sorts to Lovers intended to reflect a clear sense of place -- the City of Brotherly Love, which ...

Nels Cline: Lovers (for Philadelphia) | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA

published:13 Sep 2018

views:29972

Nels Cline has earned his place as a guitar hero for our times, with a track record stretching back four decades and a marquee gig with Wilco. But if you mainly associate him with squalls of feedback, you’re missing a big part of the picture.
Hear the radio episode: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/11/646736954/wilco-guitarist-nels-cline-reclaims-mood-music-in-the-city-of-brotherly-love
—————————————————————
by NATE CHINEN
Nels Cline has earned his place as a guitar hero for our times, with a track record stretching back four decades and a marquee gig with Wilco. But if you mainly associate him with squalls of feedback, you\'re missing a big part of the picture. \"The Avant Romantic\" is how Rolling Stone pegged him about a decade ago, in its list of Top 20 New Guitar Gods. And lately, Cline has been focusing his efforts, without pause or irony, on the romantic part of that equation.
Lovers, released on Blue Note in 2016, was Cline’s fond reclamation of \"mood music\" albums from midcentury, with his guitar in an earnest melodic role. It\'s a suave collaboration with trumpeter Michael Leonhart, who wrote the orchestrations for a handful of versatile players like cellist Erik Friedlander and bassoonist Sara Schoenbeck. As Cline put it at the time in a conversation with NPR\'s Fresh Air, Lovers was a project he\'d been dreaming about for more than 25 years.
Lovers (for Philadelphia) didn\'t require such a long gestation. Commissioned by the nonprofit Ars Nova Workshop, it was a sequel of sorts to Lovers intended to reflect a clear sense of place -- the City of Brotherly Love, which ...

In the new Board to Death, we met up with guitarist, bandleader, and composer Nels Cline (Wilco, the Nels Cline Quartet) to explore the stunning pallette of sounds at his feet (and hands), and we learned why you should never let anyone borrow your Arpanoid.
Nels has multiple pedalboards, but today

http://www.premierguitar.com PG\'s Rebecca Dirks is On Location in West Des Moines, IA, where she catches up with Wilco lead guitarist Nels Cline who walks us through his entire rig including Fender Jazzmasters, Schroeder Amps, and an expansive pedalboard.
For more Rig Rundown videos or to watch one

Nels Cline follows two distinct tracks in his guitar playing, alternating the avant-jazz arc he explores solo along with the psychedelic-punk-freakout textures he brings to Wilco.
Here are the five riffs that changed his life, and inspired his own fearless fretting.

Nels Cline has earned his place as a guitar hero for our times, with a track record stretching back four decades and a marquee gig with Wilco. But if you mainly associate him with squalls of feedback, you’re missing a big part of the picture.
Hear the radio episode: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/11/